Balancing control and flexibility for fiscal control and service delivery: the role of technology Moritz Piatti-Fünfkirchen Senior Economist, World Bank A Stacked Layer Model Approach to PFM Digitization Where does technology come in? where
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Balancing control and flexibility for fiscal control and service delivery: the role of technology Moritz Piatti-Fünfkirchen
Senior Economist, World Bank<br>
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A Stacked Layer Model Approach to PFM Digitization Where does technology come in? where not?
Why does it matter?
How can it affect expenditure control and service delivery? Source: IMF. 2020. Stacked Layer Approach to PFM Digitization<br>
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FMIS for Expenditure Control Requires Utilization What is the marginal impact of FMIS investments?
How does it support expenditure control?
How does it support service delivery?
Take a data driven approach to assess FMIS effectiveness
Leverage technology for decision making FMIS utilization and deviation from planned deficit Source:
Piatti-Fünfkirchen et al (2017).
Hashim et al (2020).<br>
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Take a Risk-Based Approach to Expenditure Management Source:
Hashim, A., et al. 2019. The Use of Data Analytics Techniques to Assess the Functioning of a Government's Financial Management Information System: An Application to Pakistan and Cambodia.<br>
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Take Advantage of Maturing Technologies to Foster Efficiency, Reach and Accountability in Service Delivery Blockchain for verification of services
What services were delivered?
What outputs achieved?
Who received services?
Confidence in data providence
Inform budget allocation decisions Use of mobile money to initiate payment
Facilitate G2G transfers to remote providers
Digitization of transactions
Improved cash management
Improved facility autonomy
Efficiency and accountability Examples from the health sector Source:
World Bank. 2019. Balancing control and flexibility: using banking sector innovations for improved expenditure control and effective service delivery.<br>
